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Post by Low Light Mike on Feb 22, 2013 20:56:35 GMT -8
Kelsey Bay, QPR, Island Princess, and between 1966-1979. I'll squeeze the date-range to between 1966-1971 based on one historical fact, and possibly to 1966-1969 based on another historical fact. - I'll ask a younger member to explain my 2 possible date ranges.
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Post by WettCoast on Feb 22, 2013 20:58:25 GMT -8
Good work, but I want a more precise date. The appearance of the Island Princess should be your clue. This was taken when my brother was a QPR B Watch crew member. He did not work there very long, moving south to attend UVic and working summers and the spare board out of Swartz Bay.
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Post by Mirrlees on Feb 22, 2013 21:31:04 GMT -8
The year is 1967.
I asked my younger personality and he concurrs with me!
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Post by mrdot on Feb 22, 2013 21:48:22 GMT -8
well here is the precise date, as I took this fuzzy with this micky-mouse camera I was using while off duty on the brand new QPR, was July 1966! mrdot. just think the greatly expanded North Island Princess still plys these waters!
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Post by compdude787 on Feb 22, 2013 21:57:31 GMT -8
Regarding the Mr. DOT photo below (which is fresh off my scanner) ... I would like members, younger ones to start with (say, under age 30), to tell me where this is, what vessels are pictured, and give me an approximate date. I expect some will figure this out pretty quick. Those over 30 can chime in starting tomorrow morning (Feb 23rd), if I don't yet have answers to all questions. Sorry about the picture quality. My brother was using a Kodak 'Instamatic' back then. Okay that's the North Island Princess (or rather the Island Princess as it was called back then) before 1969 because it wasn't in BC Ferries livery. The presence of the QPR would mean it was taken between 1966 and 1969. Also this is in Kelsey Bay, I think.
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Post by Mike on Feb 22, 2013 22:03:06 GMT -8
Okay that's the North Island Princess (or rather the Island Princess as it was called back then) before 1969 because it wasn't in BC Ferries livery. The NIP didn't see BCF paint until 1985, since that was when the BC Dept. of Highways saltwater fleet was transferred to BCF. Also, did nobody else notice what's written in the bottom left of the photo? Narrows down the date a bit.
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Post by compdude787 on Feb 22, 2013 22:09:13 GMT -8
Okay that's the North Island Princess (or rather the Island Princess as it was called back then) before 1969 because it wasn't in BC Ferries livery. The NIP didn't see BCF paint until 1985, since that was when the BC Dept. of Highways saltwater fleet was transferred to BCF. Also, did nobody else notice what's written in the bottom left of the photo? Narrows down the date a bit. Wow I can't believe I didn't look at the date! The NIP was actually owned by Coast Ferries from 1958 until 1969 when Coast Ferries was bought by BCF. BCF expanded the NIP in 1971 and turned her into a catamaran. In 1977, it became part of the Ministry of Transportation and Hwys. fleet until that all was transferred to BC Ferries in 1985.
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Post by compdude787 on Feb 22, 2013 22:11:32 GMT -8
well here is the precise date, as I took this fuzzy with this micky-mouse camera I was using while off duty on the brand new QPR, was July 1966! mrdot. just think the greatly expanded North Island Princess still plys these waters! Oh so it wasn't taken in 1967 like it says in the bottom-left corner of the picture.
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Post by WettCoast on Feb 22, 2013 22:32:38 GMT -8
Okay, so I guessed the date as 1967 and pasted that bit of text in the corner of the photo. I based my guess on the fact the photo was taken by David (Mr. DOT) while he was crew aboard the QPR. I know that he worked there for a little less then a year, starting in 1966 when the QPR was brand new. The photo shows a lot of snow in them there hills in the background. That suggests to me a date of later in 1966 or earlier in 1967. David, are you sure about July? That much snow on Van. Is. mountains at that time of the year?
Now, in spite of the photo being fuzzy, it is nevertheless very interesting. It is the only photo I have ever seen showing both the Island Princess & QPR at their berths in Kelsey Bay. It is also showing the IP in her original form, before her mega conversion. It also shows just how close the two terminals were to one another at Kelsey Bay, a location that has not seen a ferry arriving or departing in more than thirty years.
Question for Mr. Horn or other moderators: I will place a copy of this photo in the NIP & QPR threads. I also think that it would be appropriate to put a copy in one of the ferry terminal threads. Do we have a category for extinct terminals or should I use the North Island terminals thread?
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Post by mrdot on Feb 22, 2013 23:01:36 GMT -8
Okay, so I guessed the date as 1967 and pasted that bit of text in the corner of the photo. I based my guess on the fact the photo was taken by David (Mr. DOT) while he was crew aboard the QPR. I know that he worked there for a little less then a year, starting in 1966 when the QPR was brand new. The photo shows a lot of snow in them there hills in the background. That suggests to me a date of later in 1966 or earlier in 1967. David, are you sure about July? That much snow on Van. Is. mountains at that time of the year? Now, in spite of the photo being fuzzy, it is nevertheless very interesting. It is the only photo I have ever seen showing both the Island Princess & QPR at their berths in Kelsey Bay. It is also showing the IP in her original form, before her mega conversion. It also shows just how close the two terminals were to one another at Kelsey Bay, a location that has not seen a ferry arriving or departing in more than thirty years. Question for Mr. Horn or other moderators: I will place a copy of this photo in the NIP & QPR threads. I also think that it would be appropriate to put a copy in one of the ferry terminal threads. Do we have a category for extinct terminals or should I use the North Island terminals thread? on further thought, this was late May early June 1966, we'had just taken over from A watch at the very beginning of my time up in Kelsey Bay! mrdot.
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Post by Low Light Mike on Feb 23, 2013 9:12:52 GMT -8
Question for Mr. Horn or other moderators: I will place a copy of this photo in the NIP & QPR threads. I also think that it would be appropriate to put a copy in one of the ferry terminal threads. Do we have a category for extinct terminals or should I use the North Island terminals thread? I've put lots of photos of the Kelsey Bay terminals into the north-coast thread. - that's where you will find all of mine, including some of the current remains of the Island Princess's old berth. ferriesbc.proboards.com/post/132381/thread
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Post by Starsteward on Feb 23, 2013 14:42:15 GMT -8
A bit of further 'forensic chronology, if I might regarding the Kelsey Bay pictures of the I.P. and the Q.P.R. I would respectfully disagree with 1966, but agree that the month could well have been May or June 1967. If Mr. Dot had started working on the QPR in 1966 and had departed for the hallowed halls of learning less than a year later, then I would never have met or worked with Mr. Dot on B Watch, QPR in either May or June of 1967. To be more percise, B Watch took over from A Watch on May 19th and again on June 8th 1967. As for the snow capped peaks in the photo,I'm sure the snow would have pretty much disappeared as B Watch started our next 14 days on July 6th. I do remember with much fondness, the quick nibbles, coffee gulps, and even the odd 'puff' at the wee corner table, just around the corner from the cafeteria galley, (port side) and the companionway that led to the hallway between the cafeteria and the main galley. Oh yeah, there was that side door where one could make a quick exit if any of the afore-mentioned activities ran afoul of 'policy' or the 'stripes' were on patrol.
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Post by mrdot on Feb 23, 2013 21:04:11 GMT -8
A bit of further 'forensic chronology, if I might regarding the Kelsey Bay pictures of the I.P. and the Q.P.R. I would respectfully disagree with 1966, but agree that the month could well have been May or June 1967. If Mr. Dot had started working on the QPR in 1966 and had departed for the hallowed halls of learning less than a year later, then I would never have met or worked with Mr. Dot on B Watch, QPR in either May or June of 1967. To be more percise, B Watch took over from A Watch on May 19th and again on June 8th 1967. As for the snow capped peaks in the photo,I'm sure the snow would have pretty much disappeared as B Watch started our next 14 days on July 6th. I do remember with much fondness, the quick nibbles, coffee gulps, and even the odd 'puff' at the wee corner table, just around the corner from the cafeteria galley, (port side) and the companionway that led to the hallway between the cafeteria and the main galley. Oh yeah, there was that side door where one could make a quick exit if any of the afore-mentioned activities ran afoul of 'policy' or the 'stripes' were on patrol. you know what, indeed it was the first year at the start of my short term in Kelsey Bay, I was gone long before 1977 and had started at UVIC, and had some work on the spare board at Swartz Bay later this following year, later joining summer crews, mostly Queen of Saanich and Sidney! My university years were my best ferry memories. mrdot.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 3, 2013 21:11:11 GMT -8
Where abouts was this taken, and what ship am I on?
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Post by Blue Bus Fan on Aug 3, 2013 21:32:34 GMT -8
Where abouts was this taken, and what ship am I on? My guess is the Bowen Queen or Mayne Queen.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 4, 2013 7:27:30 GMT -8
Swanson Channel southbound just past Portlock Point, Mayne Queen.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 4, 2013 8:04:53 GMT -8
Swanson Channel southbound just past Portlock Point, Mayne Queen. Correct. The crease in the rubbing strake is all that remains of the former side loading ramp on the Mayne Queen.
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Post by Ferryman on Aug 13, 2013 12:13:24 GMT -8
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Post by Low Light Mike on Aug 13, 2013 12:16:51 GMT -8
...and we know for certain that this photo was taken on a Friday night, based on one of Phil's ships in the frame.
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Post by SolDuc on Aug 13, 2013 15:03:43 GMT -8
You must be on the Nanaimo, so that's one, then the Alberni is two. Of the three ships in the distance the one at far right is the Columbia, en-route to Ketchikan (makes three) and then the two others are a Spirit and the New'West, so that makes for a total of four.
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Post by EGfleet on Feb 2, 2014 5:25:08 GMT -8
Okay, I have no idea where or who...I will say that the third shot in this set of three tiny 2x3 photos was a somewhat blurry shot of the Princess Elaine, however it may not have been related to these two. Any guesses?
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Post by WettCoast on Sept 15, 2014 21:05:51 GMT -8
Here is a photo that I took just a few days ago. I would like people here to determine the location of this photo, the ship pictured in the distance, and most importantly, the significance of this scene? DSC04000 © WCK-JST by Wett Coast, on Flickr
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Post by Starsteward on Sept 16, 2014 14:22:50 GMT -8
Here is a photo that I took just a few days ago. I would like people here to determine the location of this photo, the ship pictured in the distance, and most importantly, the significance of this scene? DSC04000 © WCK-JST by Wett Coast, on Flickr Ferry I.D.'s for $400 please Alex. The ship in the background had better be the Northern Expedition and has just passed by the spot at Gill Island where the Queen of the North Sank?
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Post by compdude787 on Sept 16, 2014 14:30:23 GMT -8
Here is a photo that I took just a few days ago. I would like people here to determine the location of this photo, the ship pictured in the distance, and most importantly, the significance of this scene? [pic] Ferry I.D.'s for $400 please Alex. The ship in the background had better be the Northern Expedition and has just passed by the spot at Gill Island where the Queen of the North Sank? Yep, that's what I thought, too. Two people perished when the Queen of the North sank, so there are two memorials there for each of them.
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Post by Mike C on Sept 16, 2014 15:33:38 GMT -8
Here is a photo that I took just a few days ago. I would like people here to determine the location of this photo, the ship pictured in the distance, and most importantly, the significance of this scene? <image> WCK, I saw this as one of the best and most powerful images on this forum. Thanks very much for posting.
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